The Independent

 Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina will return to the country after the interim government announces fresh elections, her son said.Ms Hasina, 76, fled to India, ending her 15-year-long rule, after millions of people poured onto the streets of Dhaka and marched toward her official residence, demanding her resignation.Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the US-based son of Ms Hasina, said his mother was in India but would return "to Bangladesh the moment the interim government decides to hold an election". "My mother would have retired from politics after the current term," Mr Joy told the Times of India.The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh when elections are called, son says

UPI News

Bangladesh's embattled Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, quit and fled the country after protesters stormed her official residence in Dhaka, the capital, amid a growing revolt that began over quotas for government jobs.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees to India as protesters storm her residence

Reuters

DHAKA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus have tried unsuccessfully to flee to India this week after many homes and businesses of the minority community were vandalised following the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hindus in Bangladesh try to flee to India amid violence

Hundreds of Hindus in Bangladesh were gathered along the Indian border hoping to cross, security officials said Thursday, days after a student-led uprising toppled prime minister Sheikh Hasina. "Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals, mostly Hindus, gathered at different points along India's border with Bangladesh," Amit Kumar Tyagi, India's Border Security Force (BSF) deputy inspector general, told AFP.
More than 200 people were "standing close" to the frontier with India's border in West Bengal state.

Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus try to cross into India

A drug dealer has been jailed for three years and eight months after admitting selling crack cocaine and heroin in Worcester. Kai Stretton was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday after police found evidence of his drug line operation on seized phones. The 18-year-old admitted two counts of being...

Dealer sentenced as drugs line shut down

Mississippi State

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Hinds County, MS

Mississippi News Group

A Mississippi Attorney has been charged with multiple Counts of introducing contraband into a Correctional Facility as well as consipiracy according to a press release from Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.

Mississippi Attorney Charged with 3 Counts of Introducing Contraband into a Correctional Facility

Police urge the public to stop circulating the video and remain calm as they investigate.

Video of alleged gang-rape sparks uproar in Tanzania

'Vibrant' Shelby Smith died in a crash between Tetbury and Malmesbury on 31 July.

Crash victim was 'full of love and laughter'

Police are seeking information after a man was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 35-year-old woman. On Friday, a 31-year-old man from Sheffield was detained in custody after the woman was discovered dead at her home in Wincobank. South Yorkshire Police attended her home on Walling...

Man arrested for murder after woman found dead

Latin Times

The Venezuelan government's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, accused top opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday of being involved in an attempted attack against the country's electoral council with the goal of tampering with the presidential elections' results. Speaking in a press conference, the government official said a...

Venezuelan Attorney General says opposition leader Machado involved in effort to attack electoral college

Yeovil Hospital is able to scan patients much quicker due to a new CT scanner.

Hospital gets new CT scanner to cut treatment time

A tribunal determines Dr Marc Whitehouse's fitness to practise to be impaired.

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

A man who sold heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover police officer has been jailed for 32 months. Nozmul Alom, 23, is one of dozens of people to be charged as part of a police operation to target drug dealing in Keighley. Bradford Crown Court was told the undercover...

Man jailed after undercover drugs operation

Kamala Harris's vice-presidential pick Tim Walz has drawn attention halfway across the world in China. Chinese social media users have been discussing how Mr Walz spent a year teaching in the south-eastern province of Guangdong in 1989 - a topic that was trending on Weibo with 12 million views. He...

'Harris's no 2 taught in China': Chinese internet reacts to Walz

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

The driver was potentially tired and distracted over his workload, a report finds.

Distracted truck driver may have caused Ryanair crash

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

The Butler Township Police Department has released bodycam video showing the moments before an assassination attempt on former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump on 13 July. The footage shows a police officer being hoisted up to a roof near where the attacker is stationed. The unarmed officer quickly jumps...

Watch: Moment police officer spots Trump rally gunman

A carbon fibre production factory planned for Grimsby could employ almost 400 people by 2030. The factory, proposed for brownfield land at Humber Gate, off Energy Park Way, has been proposed by LeMond Carbon UK Ltd. The business is an offshoot of the LeMond Carbon business, which is run by...

Carbon fibre factory 'could create 400 jobs'

NewsBreak

India opposition leader gets bail after 17 months in jail

India's Supreme Court has granted bail to a prominent opposition leader of Delhi's governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a money laundering case. The top court...

India opposition leader gets bail after 17 months in jail

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